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1st quarter academic goals
Below is the expectation of academic goals that all kindergarteners need to have mastered
by the end of the first quarter. Please practice these skills at home with your child. Thanks for
your support!!!
Math
- Can
recognize 10 numbers.
- Can
count up to 10 objects.
- Can
count to 25.
- Sorts
objects by color, size, and shape. (Satisfactory = 2 of 3 ways)
Writing
- Stages
of Writing: *Your child should be at stage 2 with their writing.
1. Writes with pictures only.
2. Writes with random letters.
3. Writes with beginning sounds.
4. Writes with beginning and ending sounds.
5. Writes with beginning, middle, and ending
sounds.
6. Writes phrases.
7. Writes simple sentences.
8. Writes simple sentences using correct spacing
and punctuation.
9. Writes complex sentences using correct
spacing and punctuation.
10. Writes two or more related sentences using
correct spacing and punctuation.
- Can
read what he/she has written and/or illustrated.
- Can
print and copy legibly.
- Can
write first name. with first letter being capital and the rest lowercase.
- Can
draw a picture to a prompt.
Reading
- Can
identify 26 of 52 letters.
- Can
say 7 of the 31 letter sounds correctly (vowels have 2 sounds).
- Can
identify at least 8 of the 40 sight words.
- Can
read first name.
- Can
identify rhyming words.
- Uses
reading strategies- identify cover of book, track print 1:1, left to
right, and identify pictures vs. text.
- Uses
comprehension skill- identify the characters and setting in a story.